“One of the Arab world’s most visible advocacy groups defending the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people is facing closure following legal threats by the government.”
Tunisia has a history of secularism, but “following the revolution of early 2011, more room was created for religious political parties to operate in the country”. The al-Nahda movement won 41% of seats in the Constituent Assembly in that year, and its representatives “proposed a constitutional provision declaring Islam to be the main source of legislation with the goal of unifying all Tunisian legislation under the rule of Islamic law.” Under the current government administration, the ills of increasing Islamic sharia influence is evident, with the LGBTQ community losing rights. Further loss of rights and human rights abuses is inevitable as any country becomes more sharia adherent.
Recently in Brunei, death by stoning of gays was implemented under the sharia as its leader Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah called for “stronger Islamic teachings.”
“Tunisia invokes sharia law in bid to shut down LGBT rights group”, by Saeed Kamali Dehghan, The Guardian (Thanks to The Religion of Peace), April 30, 2019:
One of the Arab world’s most visible advocacy groups defending the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people is facing closure following legal threats by the government.
Association Shams has been officially operating in Tunisia since 2015, helping the country’s LGBT community repeal article 230 of its penal code, a French colonial law, which criminalises homosexuality with up to three years in jail.
The government failed to permanently suspend Shams’ activities in a 2016 lawsuit, but is appealing the ruling. A hearing is scheduled for Friday.
Shams’ president, Mounir Baatour, said the appeal represents the Tunisian government’s seventh attempt to close the organisation, but it is more serious because it has been based on Islamic sharia law.
“The judicial harassment against our association has no legal basis, and reflects the homophobia of the Tunisian state and its will to discriminate and stigmatise the LGBT community, which is already marginalised,” Baatour told the Guardian. “Such harassment makes our work difficult and creates a climate of tension and fear among the team working for our association.”
Despite pressure, the country’s LGBT community is thriving. In January 2018, Tunisia held its first LGBT film festival in the capital, Tunis, organised by the group Mawjoudin (We Exist). It is one of the four officially recognised LGBT organisations in Tunisia, all of which have emerged since the 2011 revolution….

PABLO says
I can’t wait for the LGBTQ community marching on the Tunisian embassy in the various western countries. Oops, what the hell I was thinking. The LGBQT community only condemns Israel and the USA for perceived human rights abuses, instead of real human rights abuses in Islamic countries.
gravenimage says
There are some Gays who understand the threat of Islam–not enough, though.
Will C says
Well I’m one of those that DO understand the threat, as do one or two friends, but there are many in my community who believe the lies concerning this “religion”, and they appear to be in the majority so far. Every time I’ve attempted to bring up this subject I have been shut down, or made to feel like a “racist” ( how much has that term been devalued by its misuse? ) which is NOT the case. What race IS Islam? Another attempt to shut us up by using the race card – so what does that make white-skinned Chechens who follow this madness, for example? I would feel exactly the same about this religion / theocracy / cult if every one who practised it were as visually as white as snow.
I don’t even bother to bring up the subject now, not because my views have changed – they’ve solidified, I have many dealings to do with this vile ideology, either anecdotally from other people, or personally ( including my own father, who got sucked in by them, that’s a story in itself ) – there’s just no point trying to un-brainwash them from the “religion of peace” lie.
When the shit hits the fan – and it WILL – I will just turn to them and say “I told you so, and you wouldn’t hear me out, now deal with it, this is YOUR fault”. I fear for the future. My LGBT peers need to wake up FAST.
gravenimage says
Thank you, Will.
mortimer says
The Red-Green Axis is breaking up as Muslims and gay activists gradually perceive how little they have in common.
It is interesting to see the break-up is mutual on both sides. Nevertheless, the Leftist-Globalists will try to milk this absurd, impossible alliance as long as possible.
It’s now being seen to be a dead horse on both sides.
Emilie Green says
Waiting for the movie, Gaystapo v. Shariah.
Think Spielberg would direct, with Zuckerberg ponying up the financing?
thebigW says
Great, now maybe these LGBTQ Muslims will reject M-M-M-M-Mohammed and the K-K-K-K-K-Koran
Chris bell says
Kloran is the kkk’s manual ironically enough.
gravenimage says
This is true, Chris.
gravenimage says
Tunisia: “Islamic sharia law” invoked to shut down LGBTQ rights
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This should surprise no one.
Meturaf says
Perhaps Code Pink would like to do another trip like their Iran jaunt and see how welcome they are in Tunisia.
Walter Sieruk says
Here, again,in Tunisia, is another reminder of the “joke” that is not really supposed to be funny but to make a point . This “joke is about the different kinds of negative kind of behavior of a Fundamentalist Baptist Christian male and the kind of behavior of a Fundamentalist Salafist Muslim male when they encounter, at different times, a homosexual man. For when a Fundamentalist Baptist Christian man meets a “gay” man, that type of Christian will say many very ignorant things to him and as a result of those ignorant things said that “gay” man will end up with a headache. In contrast, when a Fundamentalist Salafist Muslim man encounters a homosexual man, that type of Muslim will cut that “gay” man’s head off.
gravenimage says
Robert Spencer has many times written critically about Muslims persecuting and murdering homosexuals. Here is one such:
“Sharia in action: Brunei on April 3 to start stoning gay men to death, fining people for missing prayers”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2019/03/sharia-in-action-brunei-on-april-3-to-start-stoning-gay-men-to-death-fining-people-for-missing-prayers
You may, of course, believe that opposing Muslims slaughtering peaceful people is
“stinking immorality”–but few here agree.
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